Shaw to open Winnipeg call centre

WINNIPEG - Shaw Communications announced on Friday it will hire 100 new employees to staff a new national call centre in Winnipeg. The call centre will serve as a national... Continue Reading

Newcap to buy another ‘peg station

DARTMOUTH – Newcap Inc. announced Friday that it has signed an agreement to purchase multicultural broadcaster CKJS-AM in Winnipeg. Assuming CRTC approval, this will be the company's second acquisition in... Continue Reading

Rogers adds RTPi

TORONTO - Rogers Cable Communications announced Portuguese channel RTPi has been added to its list of multicultural programming. From now until January 4th, Rogers Digital Cable customers can enjoy a... Continue Reading

Videotron brings voice mail to e-mail

MONTREAL - Videotron has launched voice mail to e-mail functionality which lets customers access their voice mail via e-mail in the form of audio-file attachments. The new feature is available... Continue Reading

Canadians to discover HD, 24/7

TORONTO – CTV Specialty is launching Discovery HD on Monday. It will be available on a free preview basis through July 2006 (viewers must have an HDTV television and an... Continue Reading

Cygnal hires new CFO

MARKHAM – Equipment supplier and network services firm Cygnal Technologies today announced James Shannon has been hired as vice-president finance and chief financial officer, effective today. Michael Conway, a Cygnal... Continue Reading

TSN mourns long-time staffer

TORONTO – Paul McLean, TSN’s executive producer of events, died Wednesday evening. He was 39. He was diagnosed with cancer about a year ago. McLean (left) had been with TSN... Continue Reading